February 22nd 2012
Having previously written about competition, and a modern interpretation of, I want to throw around some thoughts on what winning really is for grassroots football and the children that play. This is perhaps something that extends a lot wider than simply football, to all grassroots sport maybe. This is part one of two – keep [...]
January 5th 2012
Following on from our article on Artificial Enhancement: The Solution for Grass-Roots Football? Here’s Pepe’s guide to those who have gone artificial by playing 5-a-side…. Across London there are thousands of men and women itching to take a break from their long working hours and focus on the important things in life…5-a-side football. With hundreds of artificial and indoor [...]
December 14th 2011
Organising players together for a kick-about or training session at your local 5-a-side centre can be one of the most infuriating things to do. Whilst Bluefields.com can help you maximise the chance of you getting the right number of players to turn up, it can’t do much for you when you realise the wrong number [...]
November 2nd 2011
*The ‘Luis Suarez’ mentioned in the title and article is a fictional character created by me, and any similarity to any real footballer would be entirely coincidental. My Luis Suarez is Paraguayan for example, and ginger. There aren’t any ginger Paraguayan Luis Suarezs in the Premier League…please don’t sue me. To some footballers and even [...]
October 26th 2011
Welcome to the fourth instalment of the Pre-Match Preparation Guide. Over the last few weeks, I’ve discussed how to optimise the morning of your match day with regards to food, drink and psyche-up music. This week is all about being inspirational; it’s about delivering a speech that will motivate your team to fight for every [...]
September 13th 2011
Around the country, thousands of amateur managers have been trying to use pre-season to build their players’ fitness levels in order to get them in the best possible shape for the first game of the season. Unfortunately, due to many managers’ inability to shake off old ideas and a general lack of understanding about football [...]
September 6th 2011
Around the country, thousands of amateur managers have been trying to use pre-season to build their players’ fitness levels in order to get them in the best possible shape for the first game of the season. Unfortunately, due to many managers’ inability to shake off old ideas and a general lack of understanding about football [...]
August 23rd 2011
Welcome to the sixth and final week of my Pre-Season Training Guide. Since week 1 you should have been building both fitness and technical skills to get you back to your physical peak for the start of the season. If you’ve missed any of the other sessions, find them here: Week 1, Week 2, Week [...]
August 18th 2011
Welcome to the Fifth instalment of my Pre-season guide for amateur footballers. Click on the links to see Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4. Players should be approaching, or already at, a good fitness level now. Friendly matches should be helping your players’ match fitness near what is needed for the first [...]
August 9th 2011
Welcome to the Fourth instalment of my Pre-season guide for amateur footballers. Click on the links to see Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3. After a tough third session, this week should be equally as challenging with players pushing their fitness levels right up as the season fast approaches. Friendly Match Try organising a [...]
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